diff --git a/src/bin/new_clone.sh b/src/bin/new_clone.sh
index 7958a1b..5628a28 100755
--- a/src/bin/new_clone.sh
+++ b/src/bin/new_clone.sh
@@ -15,9 +15,17 @@ BASE_FOLDER=$(dirname "$(readlink -f "$0")")"/";
 # shellcheck source=init.sh
 . "${BASE_FOLDER}init.sh";
 
+if [ -z "${REPOSITORY}" ]; then
+	echo "[!] Must set a repository path";
+	error=1;
+fi;
 if [ -z "${REMOTE_HOST}" ]; then
 	echo "[!] Must set a remote host for the repository";
-	exit;
+	error=1;
+fi;
+# if we have an ":" in the repository, split by it and replace it with the remote host
+if [[ "${REPOSITORY}" == *":"* ]]; then
+	REPOSITORY=$(echo "${REPOSITORY}" | cut -d ":" -f 2);
 fi;
 
 error=0